we have arrived in burgundy; it is gray and raining just in time for harvest, the internet connection stinks, and i have been working on just getting this post to load for an hour. the posts will be somewhat disorderly if this problem persists. there are a couple of southern rhone items still to put up and of course our next days here.
the previously posted photos, without caption or text, are from a stroll along the vineyard roads in st laurent des arbres. three years ago we noticed neglect of some of the vineyard parcels, two years ago some vines were dead, and last year there was a sign announcing that parcels were to be developed for housing. this had to have been politically approved. inquiries at the mairie give no timeline for construction.
it is sad to see wonderful old vines destroyed. this is land which produced aoc lirac, but it is more valuable to convert for construction. some of the parcels are just barren, others have been planted to sunflowers. can those be made into wine like dandelions? it seems we just cannot co-exist with our environment. maybe i am wrong and the wine from these plots was poor.
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